Horse-collar.



T. SCHOCK.

HORSE COLLAR.

APPLICATION FI LED AUG.5. 1915.

1,157,425. Patented 001;.19; 1915.

WITNESSES:

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fi/ By M C ATTORNEYS THOMAS StJHOGK, 0F MONTELLO, NEVADA.

HORSE-COLLAR.

My invention is an improvement in horse collars and the invention has for its object to provide a collar of the character specified, capable of adjustment to fit necks of different size, and wherein the collar is composed of a rigid frame, having a cushion engaging surface and provided with an 'inflatable inner lining, and permitting to dispense with the use of hames.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a front View of the collar; Figs. 2 and 3 are sections on the lines 22 and 3-3 respectively, of Fig.

1, each looking in the direction of the arrows adjacent to the line, and Fig. 4 is a front view of the inner lining.

The present embodiment of the invention is composed of three sections, a top or neck section and two similar side sections. The top section is rabbeted, as shown, and is composed of a shell 1 of rigid material, as for instance metal, the said shell being open on its inner side, and a casing 2 of leather or the like is arranged within the shell, the said casing being circular in cross section and tubular, as shown. I

The section 12 is arched to fit the top of the horses neck, and a strap 3 is secured to the front thereof, by means of rivets 4 or the like, intermediate the ends of the strap, and the strap is curved to fit the curve of the neck-piece, the ends of the strap being left free.

The side sections are similar, each consisting of a rigid shell 5, of metal or the like, open at its inner side, and a casing 6 of flexible material, as for instance leather or the like is arranged within the shell, the casing being approximately cylindrical in cross section, and hollow, as shown more particularly in Fig. 3.

The arrangement'of the shells 1 and 5 is such that the flexible casings 2 and 6 connected therewith extend beyond the edges of the said sections at the inner sides of the sections, to engage directly the horses neck, and these casings extend far enough beyond the free edges of the shells to prevent the said shells fromcontacting withthe neck Specification of Letters Patent.

of the horse upon which they are used. The

front edge of each of the shells 5 is extended and bent upon itself to form a cylindrical extension 7 at the front of the section, the said extension extending from the upper end of each of the sections 5-6 to the lower inner end thereof.

' It will be noted from an inspection of Fig. 1, that the lower end of each of the sections 56 is bent inwardly at approximately a right angle to the body portion of the section, and these angular portions are adapted to extend beneath the horses neck and to be connected to hold the collar in place on the horse.

The cylindrical extensions 7 are open at their upper ends to form sockets which are designed to receive cylindrical pins 8 on the upper section 1-2. Each of these pins is hollow as shown, and of cylindrical form, and each pin has a lateral extension 9 at its upper end which laps upon the outer face of the shell 1 of the upper section at the front of the collar, and is secured thereto by rivets 10 or the like. The pins 8 are so arranged with respect to the section 1, that each pin will extend beyond the end of the section, a little more than half the length of the pin, as shown in Fig. 1. The pins are as before stated, at the front and at the inner side of the section, the pins being at the front inner edge of the shell 1. These pins, as before stated, are intended to engage within the upper ends of the extensions 7, and set screws 11 are threaded through bosses 12 on the extensions at the upper end thereof, to engage the adjacent pin, to prevent disengagement thereof, and to hold the pin in adjusted position with respect to the socket.

A buckle 13 is secured toeach of the sections 5-'6 just below the set screws 11, and at the front of the section. Each buckle 13 is connected to the shell 1 by a tab 14 of leather or the like, which is riveted to the shell, and the buckles are adapted to be engaged by the free ends of the strap 3, and the said ends have openings as shown for connection with thebuckle.

The angular portions of the sections 5-6 are connected by a bolt, comprising a head 15 polygonal in cross section, and oppositely threaded portions 16 on opposite sides of the head. A nut 17 is connected with each of the sections '5 at the free end of the angu- Patented Oct. 19, 1915.

Application filed August 5, 1915. Serial No. 43,762.

. under pressure.

. ends of the sections 5 ward or from each other, to ad ust the colthe clips the tugs or traces'are lar portion, each of the nuts being on the V I H tion 56'towa'rdthe section 1-2, the straps are 'le ft as they are, and after the adjust: ment' -has' been niade the slack may be extension 7, and the nuts arranged with their openings in alinement.

The nuts are internally threaded in opposite directions, and it will be evidentthat when the bolt 16 is turned, the lower 6 may be drawn tolar to the neck of the horse. -7

A clip 18 is arranged on the front of each u of the sections56, each clip being secured to the shell near the, junction of the angular portion with thebody. These clips are for connection with the tugs or traces, and from passed rear-' wardly over the rigid shell. r

A lining or inner tube 19 is arranged within the casings 2 and 6, the said inner tube as shown in Fig. 1, being of a size to extend through one'side section, through the neck section, and through the other side section to near the free end of theangularportion. Thetubeis shaped to fit and fill the casings -2 and 6,'and atone end thetube is provided with avalve 20 of the usual constriictiomfor permitting this tube to be filled with fluid In use, the inner tube 19 is filled with co1n pressed air, thus expanding the casings 2 and 6, and holding the casings wellextended beyond the shells l and 5 at the inner" sides of the section. In order to adjust the collar to the horses neck, the set'screws 11 may be loosened to permit the side sections to move downwardly with respect to the neck section, until the angular portions at the lower .ends of the side sections will fit smoothly under the neckof the horse. The bolt 15 is then turned to draw the side sec- .tions toward each other, until the collar fits smoothly on. the horses neck. The extensions 7, the pins 8 and the metallic shells 1 and 5 stiffen and reinforce the collar, so that no hames are needed. In addition, the soft cushions formed by the casings 2 and 6 prevent any chafing or injury to the horses v neck.

l/Vhenever the inner tube becomes lax it may be inflated. The strap and the buckles l3 assist in holding the sections in proper position with respect to each other, and in addition they prevent entire displacement of the sections 5 during adjustment of the pins 8 in the extensions 7.

l/Vhen it is desired to adjust the sections 1 2 and 5-6 away from each-other,fthe strap ends are loosened from the buckles,- and engaged at a lower point in the length or the said ends, leaving some slack in the straps, The set screwsll are now loosened and the sections 5-6 are permitted to moveaway from the section '1'2. WVhen the proper adjustment is secured, the set screws r ighte d. f e 'hieh the sl eliert ej strapsmaybeftaken To taken up.

be adjusted'to horses of various sizes, thuspermittingone collar to be usedwith differ ent horses.

A collarconstructed in accordance with; the :inventionis practically indestructible.

and it will be understood that the metal-,

shells may be of any desired thickness It.

is further understood that minor improvements, and changes may be made in order to produce a perfect collar, and tosimplify its, construction without thereby departing from V v the principle of my invention. from the free end .of the angulariportion lclalmz 1. ,A collarof-the character specified, coink L prising a neck section and side sections, the neck section being archedto fit the neck,

and the-jsidesections having angular po r-{ tions at their lowerendsto extend beneaththe neck, each sectioniconsistingof a metal shell open'a t the inner side,'jand atubular casing of flexiblematerial'fitting within the shell and vel tending beyond the shellat the,

inner side thereof, an inner tubeor lining of elastic'material having a valve at one" end and shaped to fit within the three sections from the free-inner end of the angular 7 portion of one side section through the other side section to thefree end of the angularportion, the valve extending beyond the adjacent section to permit thetube to be in;

fiated, a strap secured to the front of the shell onthe neck section and having its ends free, buckles on the shells on'the side sections for engaging the ends of the StIiLlLjf the free edge of the shell of each side'section at the front of the section having; an integral tubular bead extendingthe full length thereof and open at the top of the section,

a, tubular 'rigid with each end of the section and engaging the upper end of adjacent bead, -set screws threaded through side sections for drawingthem towardand V prisinganecksection and side sections, the.

neck; section beingarched to lit the neck, and the side sections having angular portions at their lower ends to extend beneath the neck, eachsection consisting of a metal shell open at'the inner side and a tubular casing-of flexible material fittingwithin the shell and extending beyond the shell at the inner'side thereof,.an inner tube or lining of elastic material having avalve atone end 31 ed-t er lt t .W ibiZ t athr aj ee eaa from the free inner end of the angular portion of one side section through the other side section to the free end of the annular portion, the valve extending beyond the adjacent section to permit the tube to be inflated, a strap secured to the front of theshell on the neck sections and having its ends free, buckles on the shells on the side sections for engaging the ends of the strap, a sliding connection between each end of the neck section and the upper endof the adjacent side section, and a connection between the lower ends of the side sections for moving them toward and from each other.

3. A collar of the character specified, com- 7 extending beyond the shell at the inner side of the said edge and open at the top, a pin thereof, an inner tube or lining of elastic material having a valve at one end and shaped to fit within the three sections from the free inner end of the angular portion of one side section through the other side section to the free end of the angular portion, the valve extending beyond the adjacent section to permit the tube to be inflated, the shell of each side section having at one edge an integral bead extending the full length rigid with each end of the neck section and engaging the upper end of the bead of the adjacent side sections, set screws threaded through the bead into engagement with the pin, and adjustable connections between each and a tubular casing of side section and the neck section for holding the said sections during adjustment.

4:. A collar of the character specified, comprising a neck section and side sections, the

neck section being arched to fit theneck, andthe side sections having angular portions at their lower ends to extend beneath the neck, each section consisting of a metal shell open at the inner side, and a tubular casing of flexible material fitting within the shell and extending beyond the shell at the inner side thereof, an inner tube or lining of elastic material having a valve at one end and shaped to fit within the three sections from the'free inner end of the angular portion of one side section through the other side section to the free end of the angular portion, the valve extending beyond the adjacent section to permit the tube to be inflated, the shell of each side section having at one edge an integral bead extending the full length of the said edge and open at the top, a pin rigid with each end of the neck section and engaging the upper end of the bead of the adjacent side sections, and set screws threaded through the bead into engagement with the pin.

5. A collar of the character specified, comprising an arched neck section and side sections, each side section having an angular portion at its lower end, and each section consisting of a rigid shell open at its inner side, and a casing of flexible material filling the shell and extending beyond the shell at the open side, an inflatable inner tube filling the casings of, the three sections, and a slidable connection between the neck section and the side sections.

THOMAS SCHOCK.

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